Afterglow of Empire

Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance

Aidan Dodson

Same style and engaging storytelling as Dodson>'s bestsellers Amarna Sunset and Poisoned Legacy

Afterglow of Empire

Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance

Aidan Dodson

A Publication of The American University in Cairo Press

Description

During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions.

Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among Egyptologists. Against this background, Aidan Dodson reconsiders the evidence and proposes a number of new solutions to the problems of the period. He also considers the art, architecture, and archaeology of the period, including the royal tombs of Tanis, one of which yielded the intact burials of no fewer than five pharaohs. The book is extensively illustrated
with images of this material, much of which is little known to non-specialists of the period.

Afterglow of Empire

Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance

Aidan Dodson

A Publication of The American University in Cairo Press

Table of Contents

The Fall of the House of RamesesOf Tanis and ThebesThe House of ShoshenqDisintegrationsSaviors from the South?From Humiliation to RenaissanceThe Absolute Chronology of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate PeriodOutline Chronology of Ancient EgyptCorrelation of reigns and pontificatesHieroglyphic Titularies of Kings and God's WivesTentative Genealogies of the Third Intermediate Period

Afterglow of Empire

Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance

Aidan Dodson

A Publication of The American University in Cairo Press

Author Information

AIDAN DODSON is a senior research fellow in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, where he teaches Egyptology. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2003. He is the author of Amarna Sunset (AUC Press, 2009) and Poisoned Legacy (AUC Press, 2010).

Afterglow of Empire

Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance

Aidan Dodson

A Publication of The American University in Cairo Press

Reviews and Awards

". . . an excellent book, well researched, well written and well illustrated throughout. . . . Every now and again there comes a book which one should buy - this is such a book.>"--Egyptian Archaeology, March 2014